Serial flasher from Canandaigua sentenced to seven years in prison
CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. — Paul Goodrell, the 55-year-old Canandaigua man who pleaded guilty to exposing himself multiple times, was sentenced to seven years in prison and 15 years of post-release supervision.
As News10NBC has reported, Goodrell admitted to public lewdness, endangering the welfare of several children, and committing a burglary as a sexually motivated felony. He pleaded guilty to all eight counts that he faced in February. The level-three sex offender now has four order of protections against him.
Goodrell exposed himself inside a Wegmans, a Dollar Tree, and a Tops in Canandaigua. Inside the Wegmans, he exposed himself to two children — one seven, one four years old. He also tried to expose himself to a child at a Walmart in Victor in December.
The judge sentenced Goodrell to seven years on the burglary as a sexually motivated felony charge and one year on the public lewdness and endangering the welfare of a child charges, which will run concurrently.
Police records show that Goodrell has been exposing himself in public since at least 1989. He’s been a registered sex offender since 2010, when he broke into a girls locker room in Auburn and flashed three teens. Since then, he’s flashed people in stores or laundromats in Newark, Canandaigua, Rochester, Farmington, and Victor.
Ontario County Assistant District Attorney Anthony Dimartino said it’s important to get Goodrell away from the community so he can’t hurt anymore kids.
“Our victim advocates from the DA’s office have been working closely with all of the families, providing all of the support that they need. And we’re happy with the outcome.”